Evidence suggested he repeatedly moved between Fort Collins and Montana in 1987.

Serial killer Scott Kimball

“As a young man, Kimball often worked as an outfitter, leading hunting trips. The work, which involved guiding hunters and dressing the animals they took down, would have required a keen
understanding of anatomy – and, specifically, the exact spot that a bullet or an arrow would bring death on a deer or an elk,” Vaughan wrote. “Whoever killed Hettrick apparently knew that one stab wound in her upper left back would be enough to end her life.”

The Hettrick case remains unsolved.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Colorado Attorney General’s Office at 303-866-4500.

Denver Post staff writer Kirk Mitchell can be reached at 303-954-1206 or Facebook.com/kmitchelldp.

To the Author, the story is disjointed and there are many grammatical errors. It is not well written.

BurnItToTheGround

The police in the City of Fort Collins have always been corrupt and continue to be to this very day. They don’t know how to do any real police work. It’s easier to just go after the first person they come across and accuse them. The AG should investigate that corrupt police force and charge them all with perjury across the board. Especially Jarad Sargent badge #FC273, a mentally unstable patrol man. Not to mention the corruption that goes on at the Larimer County “Justice” Center. All the public officials in that part of the state should be brought to the gallows and hung.

It would be interesting to hear how the jury arrived at its verdict, But I doubt that any of them would be willing to be interviewed at this point.

Anonymous

Read Tim’s book, “Drawn to Injustice: The Wrongful Conviction of Timothy Masters,” (you can get it at any Colorado bookstore or Amazon, etc.). Some from the jury did speak out. Those willing to talk discussed how they felt they were intentionally mislead and lied to by the police –specifically Broderick — and the prosecutors (hence, the $10 m settlement!). One of the jury members who “found” Tim guilty based on the skewed information actually helped initiate the effort for a new trial, the effort which led to his exoneration. The book is a great read if you are interested at looking into prosecutorial misconduct where some members of law enforcement are more interested in their track record rather than actual justice.

Some1

“Long is serving two life sentences for killing Holt and Hughes in Limon Correctional Facility.” <– I certainly hope this is SUPPOSED to be "Long is serving two life sentences in Limon Correctional Facility for killing Holt and Hughes." Kirk Mitchell needs to go back to school to learn the basic mechanics of how to write well.

Byron Haze

I am a retired Lieutenant on the Denver Police Department and worked on the case for one of the lawyers who represented Masters. I was in charge of Sex Offenses and Robberies around the time of this crime. During my investigation of the case I worked on most of the viable suspects in the case. It is my opinion that Peggy Hettrick was killed by a person by the name of Derrick who she met at the Laughing Dog Saloon. Derrick was a 24 year old male who Peggy dated just prior to her death. Tammy Witt told police that she was afraid of someone she had recently been dating. She told another male friend that she told this guy that she did not want to see him anymore but he kept coming by and calling her. Three days before her death he came by her apartment but she had the person she was with lock the door because she did not want to talk to him. It is apparent to me that he was stalking her and he was rejected by Peggy. I believe he caught Peggy waling home and stabbed and mutilated her after an argument. The girl friend who was staying at her house at the time of her death said no one ever saw Derrick again at the Laughing Dog Saloon after the homicide. During my investigation I never saw any corrupt behavior by the Ft. Collins Police Department. In regards to Lt. Broderick I do not believe that he ever committed perjury. Lt. Broderick was a hard worker who was trying to solve the case. He made mistakes in the case. All of the police who worked on this case did there best. This is not the first case where police have been on the wrong track. Derrick was a 24 year old male at the time of the crime. He is described as a white male who was 5 foot ten inches and weighed 180 pounds. His hair was brown and he had a small mustache. At the autopsy brown hairs were found on her boot and sock. They did not match Matt, Tim, or Peggy. If anyone knows the name of this person please call the Attorneys Generals Office or the Ft.Collins Police. BJ Haze

Kirk Mitchell is a general assignment reporter at The Denver Post who focuses on criminal justice stories. He began working at the newspaper in 1998, after writing for newspapers in Mesa, Ariz., and Twin Falls, Idaho, and The Associated Press in Salt Lake City. Mitchell first started writing the Cold Case blog in Fall 2007, in part because Colorado has more than 1,400 unsolved homicides.